What does healing mean to you?

-The Laws of Cure-

-----Healing occurs----

-from the inside out (internal organs first, skin last) 

-from top to bottom (from the head region down to the feet)

-from most recent to the most distant (recent symptoms recur first, followed by older symptoms

- from least important to most important organs

10 Reasons to Begin a Plant-Based Diet

1. A plant-based diet can increase your fiber intake. A healthy digestive system is absolutely essential to absorbing nutrients and eliminating waste. As fiber moves through your digestive system, it helps maintain blood sugar levels and maintain your body weight. 

2. A plant-based diet is heart healthy and decreases your chance of heart disease (heart attacks and strokes).

3. More fruits and vegetables can decrease hypertension and lower your blood pressure. 

4. Fruits, veggies, and whole grains increase energy by giving your body alive nutrients and enzymes! 

5. Plants  decreases your chance of diabetes. 

6. Fruits and veggies improve your skin health, but first improve your organ function. As your body heals from the inside out, your skin will follow. 

7. It can reduce your grocery bill and reduce your trash. 

8. It can help you more connected in the community. 

9. Fruits and vegetables will make your life more colorful and you will notice other's bright energy surrounding you. 

10. Eating a plant based diet can help you become more connected with the earth.

--->HERE<--- are some of the Best Plant-Based Diets rated today. 

See which one works best for you! A simple tip is to eat fruit or vegetables with every meal. Is your plate colorful? Is what you see going to give you real energy? Was it made in a factory or in the earth? Be aware and ask yourself those questions. Your future can be bright if you start making changes now. Be. Here. Now. Be patient with yourself. The more plants you eat, the more your body craves. It will take time. 

Reminder:

Happiness lives within friends and gardens.

This was one of those times where I felt so alive. I was taking care of a friends garden, "finding myself" in the garden, and hanging out with Talia too. The garden had strawberries, rhubarb, blackberries, tomatoes, kale, arugula, and many other flowers and herbs. I made my first herbal bouquet in this garden which I used to do a presentation on herbal healing. I was very thankful to get to know the yard for a while. Talia is now off across the world eating exotic fruits, but I can't wait until I am around her healthy and beautiful spirit again. She is an inspiration and inspired me to start a vegan diet. She lives a simple life traveling from farm to farm right now.  I hope one day soon I will be able to be across the world with her.

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What Are You Good At?

In recent times, I have been dumbfounded at sea with thoughts about the future, my current job, my future job, my income, if I am finding meaning in my life, and all of these things that I really can't control on an hourly basis.  Family is constantly asking me what I am going to do with my degree, I am being asked what I want to do with my life, and in a way, I am being pressured into making decisions that clearly aren't coming naturally. Everyday, I sit and wonder, what am I meant to do in this world? Why am I here? Is my degree even going to get me a job? Fears, worries, desires, expectations all invade my mind. Can't I just be me? Finally, I am at a standstill in my life and it seems like direction is up in the air. I have options. I don't have commitments. I don't have homework to do. I don't have direction. I become fearsome. I am vulnerable. Why? I don't know what I want to do with my life. I don't know what I want to do with my career. I am not ready to grow up. I'm not ready to lose my life to work yet. Lately, I actually would rather head in the far opposite direction and start living simply. I have thoughts about Hawaii. I have thoughts about farming. I have thoughts about meditation and yoga. I have thoughts about things that aren't a "career". I am taking a step back. I have been trying to listen to my heart. I unroll my yoga mat at night, lay on my back, do soft belly breathing, and set a few intentions before I go to bed. This morning, as I was sitting at work trying to find something to occupy my mind, I found this cool blog with good advice. It was just what I needed. It reminded me that the early twenties are a period of finding yourself, and in reality, nobody really knows what is in the future. You just have to find what you are good here. 

------------------------>   Check out the Zen Habits Blog   <-----------------------

"No one has the answers. No one knows the best path you should take. No one has figured out the ultimate answer to your problem of fearing the future. The best of us just fake it and make it look like we know what we’re doing. We don’t. We’re still trying to figure it out too, and the honest truth is, most of us are either scared shitless or faking it, even to ourselves. But you want some practical advice, I’m sure. So let me do my best here … but always remember that 1) you’re not alone, and 2) no one really has any answers, if we’re being honest."

Why Am I Blogging?

I am here today, right now, writing this because my passion for health overwhelms my mind. I get butterflies every time I read information on health and healing. It is ridiculous. I finally decided that I should try to get my thoughts down on paper because I want to help others find peace through living a healthy lifestyle. I also want to become healthier. I have also been feeling bored now that I am done with school wondering what I should do with my time other than work.  I started writing a book, but it was unrealistic, so my friend Sara inspired me to start a blog instead.

I started writing this with an audience in my mind- the people who love me and the people I love.  I want the people that I love to be happy. I want the people I love to be in control of their own life, their health, and their peace. I want to inspire my loved ones and those who mean the most to me. I want to try to be healthier. I want to promote health and try my best to prevent the disease process among everyone I encounter. It is so unbelievable how many diseases can be prevented. It is also amazing how the body can heal if disease decides to be present. I want to do my best, as a single individual, to get people to live healthier lifestyles. I also want to live a healthier lifestyle and reduce my chance of disease.

There are many people in my life I know who have disease. We all know someone who has disease- and it hurts. It never is easy hearing that someone you love has been diagnosed with an illness. This is why I want to stress the importance of disease prevention, health promotion, and certain health disciplines. I studied Community Health Education and Portland State University where I took an array of public health classes that gave me an overall basic perspective on health and what it means. I quickly realized that health is complex. There are so many steps and actions needed to be taken in order to be healthy, but most importantly, people need to be educated about how to take those steps and where to begin. My degree in Health Education and Promotion focuses on behaviors, systems, environments, and policies affecting health at a variety of levels.


I want to strive to educate people and eventually give my loved ones the proper knowledge, in order to adjust any attitudes, skills, and behaviors, which can empower them to take more control over their personal, community, and environmental health and well-being as well. However, little did I know how hard it would actually be to help people take control over their health. Community health is like putting a fire out with a single cup of water. It is hard enough to take care of your own health, let alone to change an entire community. I struggle finding balances in all of the temptations. Many people can’t stop eating meat, can't stop eating dairy, can't stop eating sugar, and can't stop drinking alcohol. Many people will eat fast food, smoke cigarettes, fail to recycle, and drink sugar for the rest of their lives. However, I can try to get people’s attitudes to change and hopefully people will question their behaviors. People do not want to be told what to do. It is simple. I don’t like being told what to do either, however, if someone has information that is going to bring peace and happiness into my life, then I will be open for it. I hope one day I can acquire skills to help others make changes.


An important concept that I am really passionate about is that we are all connected. Your actions affect the community and the actions of the community affect you. In reality, your actions affect the world. Your health affects your loved ones and your happiness affects your loved ones. You affect me, and I affect you. The health of individuals can only be effectively understood within the context of entire communities and broad environments. In order to understand health and health habits, it is important to encompass individual and community behavior. We are products of the environment we live in, which influences our behaviors and health habits, however, we as individuals have some of the power to control ourselves and our behaviors for the most part. Nobody else can do it for you. We need to cultivate ownership of our own actions and behaviors, for what we can control.

How does one find the peace within? Does it even exist? Does it have to do with health? I’d like to peace exists and lies within your health, in a holistic way. Your mind and mentality, physical body, spirit, emotions, and social connections all affect your peace and health. Obedience, resilience, decision-making skills, knowledge, an enabling environment, a good attitude, and a passion for being alive also affect peace. Every time you eat, every time you drink, every thought you think, and every action you take, you are either feeding disease or fighting it. Every thought you take, and every action you take also influences the peace within you. We are all on this journey in life, taking steps each day. Where is each step taking you? Do you find meaning in your life? What makes you happy? Where has this journey taken you, and where do you want to go? I understand nobody really knows, but I am slowly discovering meaning in my life, my happiness, and my health. I truly like to believe peace comes from healthy habits. The healthier we are- the more energy we have, the more glowing we are, and the more relaxed we are. I strive to be a peaceful, healthy person, and it helps me get through each day with a smile on my face and hope for the future.

Let's all be the best we can be. Let's find that peace that lies within our health.

Thanks for reading my blog and stay tuned for updates:)

Here is to You, to Me, & Everyone in the Galaxy

Here is to your health, here is to my health, and here is to the health of the entire galaxy. Here is to feeling good, being a good person, and living the life you have always dreamed of. Here is to all of the battles you have gone through, here is to all of the lessons learned, and here is to being alive. Here is to your journey of a thousand miles that began with that first step, and here is to being here now. Here is to love, here is to health, and here is to finding the peace within. We are all here on this earth together, affecting each other, loving each other, and experiencing this together. Here is to me, and here is to my experience which I want to share with you, my friends. Here is to all the people who make my world go around, and to all of the people reading this.

Be. Here. Now.